What are the important events that happened on November 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 28: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 28 is the 333rd day of the year 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 15, 2016 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 24,671,520 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontatrigon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 61 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,438 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 28 Historical Events
- 1095 –On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
- 1582 –In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage license.
- 1627 –The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliva.
- 1893 –Women vote in a national election for the first time: the New Zealand general election.
- 1895 –The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago’s Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
- 1905 –Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
- 1925 –The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee as WSM Barn Dance.
- 1943 –World War II: Tehran Conference – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran to discuss war strategy.
- 1964 –Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
- 1987 –South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on-board.
Who were born on November 28?
- 1640 –Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain
- 1876 –Bert Vogler, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1908, (d. 1946)
- 1896 –Dawn Powell, American writer (d. 1965)
- 1912 –Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962)
- 1949 –Paul Shaffer, Canadian orchestra leader
- 1961 –Martin Clunes, British actor
- 1964 –Roy Tarpley, American basketball player
- 1968 –Dawn Robinson, American singer (En Vogue)
- 1977 –Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer
- 1978 –Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
Who died on November 28?
- 1794 –Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (b. 1730)
- 1852 –Ludger Duvernay, French printer and newspaper publisher (b. 1799)
- 1872 –Mary Fairfax Somerville, British scientific writer (b. 1780)
- 1915 –Mubarak Al-Sabah “The Great”, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1896)
- 1935 –Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1877)
- 1954 –Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
- 1960 –Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (b. 1896)
- 1976 –Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907)
- 1994 –Jerry Rubin, American activist (b. 1938)
- 2000 –Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895)
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